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Ax-4 private astronaut mission to the ISS is ‘go’ for its June 8 SpaceX launch

The next private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) just completed a major milestone ahead of its upcoming…

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Next private astronaut mission to the ISS will launch on May 29 with Axiom Space

The next private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is just a month away. Houston-based company Axiom Space…

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How the Hubble Telescope became the ‘Energizer bunny of spacecraft,’ according to one of its astronaut visitors

John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf. It’s right next to a model of…

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NASA’s oldest active astronaut lands with space station crewmates on his 70th birthday

NASA’s oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling “home” for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station on the same…

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Watch NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth today

Watch live! NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth from ISS – YouTube Watch On NASA astronaut…

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‘Take care of our station. It’s our everything.’ Russian cosmonaut hands control of ISS over to Japanese astronaut (video)

The keys to the International Space Station just changed hands. Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos passed…

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Sean Duffy Disputes Astronaut Title for Katy Perry, Blue Origin Crew

What Are Some of the NS-31 Crew’s Reasons for Going to Space? Each member of the crew has her own…

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Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong’s gold Omega moonwatch sells for record $2.2M at auction

A new record has been set for the most paid at auction for an astronaut’s timepiece. The 18-karat gold Omega…

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Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight urges women to shoot for the stars — but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.…

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Rare colorful lightning caught on camera by ISS astronaut. ‘OK, this is kind of out there’

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured breathtaking video of a rare atmospheric phenomenon from his perch high above Earth on the…

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